EcoDesign in the Real World / Fitting into Place Fall 2003

Peter Dorman, Rob Knapp, Gretchen VanDusen

Books for Fall Quarter:

Studio component:	Wines, James. Green Architecture (Taschen) Ching, Francis D. K., with Steven P. Juroszek. Design Drawing (with CD) (Wiley)
“Green Processes and Technologies” component	Thayer, Robert L., Jr. LifePlace: bioregional thought and practice (U of California Press). Smith, Daniel S. and Paul Cawood Hellmund. Ecology of Greenways (excerpts, to be provided) (U of Minnesota Press) Coburn, Andrew et al. Technical Principles of Building for Safety (Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd).
Economics component (shared with Eco-Agriculture program)	Dorman, Peter. Notes about prices and markets , to be provided
Seminar component (shared with Eco-Agriculture program)	Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) White, Richard. Land Use, Environment and Social Change: The Shaping of Island County, Washington. (University of Washington Press, reprinted 1992) Kemmis, Daniel. Community and the Politics of Place. (University of Oklahoma Press, 1992)
There will also be some additional articles for each of these components

(Which should you start with? They are all good in different ways. Rob suggests: most people find the Schlosser an energizing read; the Wines is a great fund of ideas and images of eco-conscious building; the White is important and may be slower going than some others; the Ching has a wonderful range of drawing techniques, if you feel more like doing visual work than reading.)

Tools and Materials for Fall Quarter: you will also need to get a variety of drawing and model-making supplies. We will provide a list by about September 15, and you can get materials in the Evergreen bookstore or in art/drawing supply stores.

General Topics and Sequence for the Year: one way to describe it is this:

Fall: Site to Bioregion (the setting for ecological designs)

Winter: Experts and Democracy (important technical knowledge and how to use it in a democratic way)

Spring: Community Design (joining real-world design projects to enhance their eco-effectiveness)

Heads-Up’s: (1) we think you will need 40 hours each week to attend class and do homework: look carefully at your schedule and other plans to be sure you have this much time available.

(2) we are planning a major field trip to Whidbey Island in Week Four (October 23-24): please make arrangements in time to be free for those two days.

(3) There will be both drawing and mathematics in this program. But don’t worry, you will be able to do it.